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Mine on Monday | Marin County Newborn Photographer

February 20th, 2012

Happy President’s Day!  I’m really looking forward to this week because not only do my kids have the entire week off, so does my husband, so hopefully we’ll get out of the house a bit and have some fun.  I’ve already squeezed in some prop shopping at a couple of antique stores today and found some fabulous new items to use with my upcoming newborn babies!  Can’t wait!

Here is my image for the week – my kids having their weekly movie night (well, movie day, in this instance).  The dogs – Echo, our yellow lab and Cooper, our Rottweiler-Boxer-Collie-Pug (?) mix – are getting in on the snugly action too.  These are the moments in life that make my heart sing!

San Francisco Newborn Photography Mine on Monday edition

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Happy Valentine’s Day! | Sonoma Newborn Photography

February 14th, 2012

Well, I’m wrapping up the day here at home but I didn’t want to let it pass without officially wishing you lots of love this Valentine’s Day.  I hope you spent it with those that mean the most to you!  And because no blog post is complete without an image, here’s a sweet little newborn girl, decked out Valentine’s Day style!  The headband is from my new line of elegant newborn headbands, called Moon Valley Design.  This particular piece is called ‘Juliet’ which I thought was an appropriate name for a day like today!

 

Happy Valentine's Day image of newborn baby girl

xoxo

-Jen

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Mine on Monday | Santa Rosa Newborn Photographer

February 13th, 2012

Yikes! Monday is almost over and I just realized I hadn’t posted my entry for the day yet!  The past 2 Mondays were skipped due to the giveaway I was running but it’s time to get back on track!  So here is my entry for Mine on Monday!

Here’s my son Roan with a very curious (and nippy) pony from the property I volunteer at:

san francisco newborn photographer shows boy with pony

Stay tuned for a newborn blog post coming up later in the week!

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Dream Team Winner Announced! | Sebastopol Newborn Photographer

February 8th, 2012

The time has come to announce the winner of the 1K Dream Team Giveaway! Before I do that, though, I wanted to take a moment to not only thank these incredible vendors which donated the prizes that made this event such a success, but the fans – old and new – that I’ve had participate!  What a great turnout!  So thank you to each of you and to the following vendors (really, these are awesome companies – please throw some business their way):

After the Bump

Allie Kay Designs

Amelia’s Actions

Baby Joy Studios

Bad Sass Backdrops

Briar Claire

Buttons, Bows & Tiny Toes

Cute Stuff by Jo

Daida L’Orange

Devoted Knits

Ellie Bellie Design

Fancy Fabric

Hairball Designs by Michelle Antoinette

Laila ‘n Zoe

Laura Brett Photography

Learn Shoot Inspire

On the Spot Studio

The Organic Bloom

Pixel 2 Canvas

The Shoppe

Soul Blossom Boutique

Starlit Nest Gifts & Photo Props

Studio412 Boutique

Valerie Knits

If you’re a vendor and would like to be considered as a participant in my next big giveaway, please be sure to send me a message so I can place you on the list.

One more bit of exciting news before I announce the winner!  I’ve just launched a new shop specializing in elegant, handmade newborn headbands called Moon Valley Design.  Please stop by the shop today and use code: GRANDOPENING for 10% off your total purchase!

Moon Valley Design Headbands for newborns

Okay, enough with all of that.  Here’s what you’re all here to find out!  Without further ado, {drumroll please} the winner of the 1K Dream Team Giveaway by J Dunham Photography is…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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KELLY WILLIAMS of Kelly Williams Photography!!!!  Congratulations to you, Kelly!  Enjoy your new prizes!

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1K Fan Dream Team Giveaway! | San Francisco Newborn Photography

January 30th, 2012

WOOT! I’ve reached my first big Facebook milestone – 1,000 ‘likes’!  This deserves a celebration, I say, and what better way to celebrate than to give something back to one of you!?!  Yep, that’s right, starting now you’ll have the opportunity to enter to take home 24 fabulous prizes from some of the best photography vendors on the ‘net.  That’s right, my Dream Team of vendors!  Buckle up kiddos – this is going to be fun!

The deets:

* The giveaway is open to comments from Jan 30th, 2012 at 6am EST until Feb 6th, 2012 at 9pm EST and is in no way affiliated with Facebook.

* To enter, go to each vendor’s Facebook page (including mine) and ‘like’ them.  Make sure you do this from your personal Facebook account and not your business account (though of course you may do both!).  This step is REQUIRED (yes, I will be checking!).  Please take a minute to look around at their products and feel free to leave them some love on their page – let them know I sent you!  Not required, but everyone loves getting some nice feedback! Plus it’s just good karma.  :)   Leave ONE comment in the comment section that you fulfilled this step in order to enter the contest.  Don’t forget to ‘like’ my page too (it’s right here)!

Bonus Entries:

* Share a link to this contest on your Facebook page being sure to tag J. Dunham Photography in the status (ex: ‘Check out the big giveaway over at @J. Dunham Photography http://www.jdunhamphotography.com/blog/2012/01/30/1k-fan-dream-team-giveaway-san-francisco-newborn-photography/ ‘).  Leave a comment with a link to your status (make sure you make it public) for a bonus entry.

* Tweet about the contest, being sure to tag @jdunhamphotos in the post (ex: Check out the big giveaway @jdunhamphotos is hosting http://www.jdunhamphotography.com/blog/2012/01/30/1k-fan-dream-team-giveaway-san-francisco-newborn-photography/ ‘).  Leave a comment with your twitter account name for a bonus entry.

* Mention this giveaway and it’s location on one of your favorite photography forums.  Leave a link to where you posted it in another comment for yet another bonus entry.

That’s four ways to enter!  Now what can you win?  Check it out:

After the Bump: Crochet patterns for Simple is Best Beanie & Handspun Cocoon

After the Bump

Allie Kay Designs: Newborn dinosaur hat

Allie Kay Designs

Amelia’s Actions: Set of Beautiful Depth Overlays (for use in Photoshop)

Amelia's Actions

Baby Joy Studios: Vintage bloom headband

Baby Joy Studios Giveaway vintage bloom headband

Bad Sass Backdrops: $250 store credit

Bad Sass Backdrops

Briar Claire: Phoebe headband in newborn or regular size

briar-claire-headband

Buttons Bows & Tiny Toes: $25 store credit

Buttons-Bows-Tiny-Toes

Cute Stuff by Jo: JO’s choice gorgeous handspun Basket Buddy

Cute Stuff By Jo

Daida L’Orange: 20% off discount code for a one-time purchase good through Valentine’s day at midnight

daida l'orange

Devoted Knits: $20 store credit *shipping on product chosen to be paid by winner

devoted knits

Ellie Bellie Design: Jeweled Butterfly hat

ellie bellie hat

Fancy Fabric: 1 Stretchy Dream Fabric in cream

Fancy Fabric

Hairball by Michelle Antoinette: Newborn Dahlia headband

Hairball

Laila ‘n Zoe: Newborn hat with ribbon

laila-and-zoe-hat

Laura Brett Photography: 6 month subscription to the Newborn Goodness forum & a complete set of Laura’s actions

Laura Brett info

Learn Shoot Inspire: 3 month subscription to the most inspirational photography forum on the internet!

Learn Shoot Inspire promotional image

On the Spot Studio: Custom logo design ($250 value)

On the Spot Studio logo

The Organic Bloom: 8×10 Organic Bloom Frame

Organic Bloom Frames

Pixel 2 Canvas : $100 store credit *alternate winner will be chosen for this prize only if winner isn’t a qualified professional photographer

Pixel 2 CanvasThe Shoppe: $50 store credit

The Shoppe

Soul Blossom Boutique: $25 store credit

Soul Blossom Boutique

Starlit Nest Gifts & Photo Props: $25 store credit *winner pays shipping

Starlit Nest

Studio412 Boutique: $25 credit toward any Ready-to-Ship night item  (Tuesdays at 9PM EST)

Studio412 Boutique

Valerie Knits: Handspun Merino Wool hat

Valerie Knits prize

And if that’s not enough, some of these fine vendors have provided me with special coupon codes for each of you to use, just for being the awesome people that you are!  Here’s a list of vendors & codes!  Now go buy something! *Coupon codes good for the duration of the contest unless otherwise stated.

 Briar Claire is offering 15% off your purchase with code: JDP15

Devoted Knits is offering 20% off your purchase with code: JDunham20

On the Spot Studio is offering 25% off your purchase with code: JD25

Pixel2Canvas is offering 35% off your purchase through the month of March with code: DUNHAM35

The Shoppe is offering 20% off your purchase with code: JDP20

Starlit Nest Gifts & Photo Props is offering 10% off your purchase with code: JDUNHAM10

Studio412 Boutique is offering 10% of your purchase with code: GIFT10

Thanks for playing! Have fun and GOOD LUCK!!!

xoxo

-Jenne

 

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Twins! | San Francisco Newborn Photography

January 25th, 2012

Being a newborn photographer is fun! I have a good friend who’s an up and coming photographer (I’ll plug her once she gets that website up and running!) that I’ve been mentoring casually for awhile now.  This was our first real one-on-one mentoring session with an actual newborn and as luck would have it we got to work with not one newborn baby, but eleven day old twin newborn babies!  Fun stuff!  Here are a few of my images from the session.

Newborn twin boys San Francisco newborn photography

Newborn twin boys in nest. Marin newborn photography

Newborn boy curled up in nest Marin County

Newborn baby with sun visor San Rafael

Macro photo of twins facing each other Novato

Newborn boy snuggled in Napa photography nest

Newborn in potato sack pose Santa Rosa

Thank you to their parents for allowing us to come work with their precious babies!  They are a dream!

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Mine on Monday | Sonoma Newborn Photographer

January 23rd, 2012

Is it Monday already?!?!  So one of the things my kids just love doing is dancing like crazy people in the living room listening to a mix of songs on my iPhone.  The classic 90′s hit, Ice Ice Baby was on and they were doing their thing.  Next thing I know, my little Roan (5 years old) shows up in my room all decked out in his “hip hop” attire and strikes a pose.  I laughed so hard! If you had any idea how unexpected something like this was from one of my (extremely media sheltered, Waldorf schooled) kids, you’d get why I thought it was so funny.  I have no idea where he got this but he nailed the look!

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Ginny: 12 Days Old | Novato Newborn Photographer

January 22nd, 2012

Baby Ginny couldn’t have been more sweet! I traveled out to Marin County to photograph this little one in her home.  She has the most sweet, feminine and delicate features so I went with that in my set and prop choices for her.  Have you ever seen a more beautiful baby?!?! Thank you, M Family, for allowing me into your home during this most precious time! I am honored!

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Mine on Monday | Marin Newborn Photographer

January 16th, 2012

This week on Mine on Monday, I took some time to photographer the kids just being kids! Here they are up at Big Dog Rescue in Penngrove, where I volunteer my photography services, swinging on the rope swing.  I don’t know that there’s anything they love doing more, to be honest!

San Francisco Newborn Photographer Kid swinging on rope swing in Penngrove

Marin County Newborn Photographer Kid swinging on rope swing in Penngrove

 

San Francisco Newborn Photographer Kid swinging on rope swing in Penngrove

 

Marin Newborn Photographer Kid swinging on rope swing in Penngrove

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Mine on Monday | Marin County Newborn Photographer

January 9th, 2012

Welcome back, folks, to the next edition of Mine on Monday.  This week is something a little different.  I’m not sharing a portrait of any of my children this time, however, this is still about one of them.  My eldest, Caitlin, recently participated in a Lighting Ceremony with the rest of her 5th grade class.  It was a beautiful, reverent event where we all made our intentions for the year in the night as we each lit a candle, set it in one of four wax bowls, then hiked to the pond and set them free on the water.  It was truly the most beautiful thing.  Despite the only light coming from the candles themselves and the moon and stars above, I managed to get what I think is a beautiful image of our intentions set upon the water.  See for yourself…

Until next time – have a happy week!

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